Chris Valdheims

Last year I changed my name from Jon Tobin back to my OG name: Chris Valdheims. I get that it's confusing, so I recorded a podcast episode about it. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/why…

If you've started a business or are about to start one, you should know that talking to a lawyer is a key part of the process. It used to be painful af. We changed that. If you want to see how, go here: creatorslegalprogram.com

Hi. I have not been here for a while. Who else is still on?

@NickJRishwain Thank you for sharing it. I am back on X after a hiatus

This is a really great episode from ⁦@cvaldheims⁩ about Foster Care. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hyp…

@NickJRishwain How to accurately capture your magnificence?

According to this, I suspect Chris is painting a portrait of me and he's very concerned that it turn out correctly.

I had a really good idea for something. But the execution is sucking. It’s not turning out right. It’s pissing me off. Like really. This is the time to put it to the side - not give up on it - and let the subconscious do its work. And then commit to coming back to it later.

I shared something about family trees. hypermemoir.beehiiv.com/p/family-tree

Bragging about how little you sleep is the biggest anti-flex ever.

@StefanGBucher Yeah that’s morally reprehensible

@jkubicki Probably things like trusts and estates could be amazing. Or really niche things like name changes or criminal expungements.

Best law firm to launch - as in practice area? - must be virtual - must have ⬆️ potential for generative AI - must be able to be run by 1-person Go!

AI writing tools can't do everything. AI writing tools may eat up low-end writing; there's only so far it can go. Conveying real emotion and sharing a point of view drawn from personal experience will always have currency. Get better at that.

Talking about that on this week’s newsletter -+ podcast. Saturday. hypermemoir.beehiiv.com/subscribe

I was cleaning out my storage unit in Echo Park and found a copy of a zine my friend and I made in high school in 1991. Zero fucks given, unbridled creativity. Insane and juvenile ranting. Pure brilliance. It also got the cops called on us. 🚔

My life has played out like this: First 20 years: total nightmare. 20-40: coping with residue from first 20 years. 40+: learning to heal from first 20 and transmute that experience into gold. Hoping to help more people NOT take 20 years to figure it out.

@lawheroezV2 Terrible. I can’t imagine what you’re going through.

We received tragic news this morning re my cousin who has been missing since Saturday. She was a young 23 year old girl who went to a party on Saturday and never returned. I’m crushed. I can’t breathe. 💔🇮🇱

@NickJRishwain Yo break me off some of that money.

Me after more than a decade in #legaltech twitter.com/FunnyXPost/sta…

Stuntin’ like my daddy.

@jkubicki Awesome.

Legal people! The content #sidehustle is something you all should be deep into. Here are some of my numbers to get you amped and interested. Things I built & their performance: 1. Free email course taken by over 300 people • One of the first GenAI education offerings that hit our market 2. Digital Generative AI course taken by over 500 people in its first 2 months: • Judges • A BigLaw firm did a bulk buy • 100s of individuals throughout the legal ecosystem • Garnering serious + feedback 3. Built daily (now twice weekly) newsletter on Pragmatic Use of Generative AI • Over 3000 subscribers (40% in-house, 40% firm, 20% biz & academic) • Break news before other leading AI (non-legal) newsletters do • Social proof of value all over LinkedIn and Twitter 4. Give free and paid talks to: • State bar ethics committees • Bar presidents • In-house teams in BigPharma and Tech • Law firms of all types • Legal librarians • Law students/law schools • Law faculty 5. Give away tons of free pragmatic tools, guides, checklists . . . 6. And so on . . . I may not make headlines in the legal press (🤔) but that is the least of my concerns. I've created my own channels, media, and content Here's to you getting amped to do something similar!!

@StefanGBucher Now, just darkness.

Trying not to eat sugar that much so people need to fuck off with pumpkin pie this time of year.

@starletfarrar Beehiiv